'I Don't Have No Plan': Louisiana Shrimpers Fear Stormy Future
SEAFOODNEWS.COM [Reuters] By Ellen Wulfhorst- July 10, 2017
BURAS, Louisiana (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Albert Ragas, who makes a living catching shrimp, has already tried relocating to escape the flooding and coastal erosion in Buras, Louisiana, which took a direct hit from Hurricane Katrina in 2005.
With his house in 20 feet (6 m) of water, Ragas moved and started shrimping some 140 miles (225 km) west in another tiny fishing town on the southern tip of the Mississippi delta.
"I was like 'This ain't gonna be so bad. It's almost just like home, you know, one road in, one road out'," he told the Thomson Reuters Foundation on his boat "Stomp the Hatch"...
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